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Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pluto , formal designation 134340 Pluto , is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Classified as a pl...
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Space.com explains planet Pluto, Pluto the planet, Pluto planet, the planet Pluto, pictures of the planet Pluto ... The icy, enigmatic planet of Pluto is the ninth and furthest planet from our sun. The planet Pluto is also the smallest in our solar system; it is even smaller than many of the moons that orbit other planets.
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Pluto is no longer a planet, according to a new official definition. Instead the icy sphere will be considered one of more than 40 "dwarf planets." ... In a move that's already generating controversy and will force textbooks to be rewritten, Pluto will now be dubbed a dwarf planet.
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Pluto: Planet or Comet? Long considered the ninth planet in our solar system, Pluto has always been a little different: it has an unusual orbit, and is smaller than a number of planetary moons. ... ; Pluto: Planet or Comet?
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0216_Pluto.htm...
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Three years ago, the IAU decided to draw up the first scientific definition of the term planet. After days of stormy arguments at its general assembly in Prague, the delegates voted for a definition that excluded Pluto, downgrading it to the new category of dwarf planet.
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Welcome to the main webpage for the Society for the Preservation of Pluto as a Planet! We here at SP3 believe strongly that Pluto's status as a planet should not be in question. For over seventy-five years schoolchildren all over the world have learned that our solar system has nine planets.
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Last thursday Pluto regained its status as the ninth planet from the sun when it crossed Neptune's orbit. Recent discoveries of Pluto-like objects in the distant recesses of the Solar System have threatened to strip Pluto of its planetary status altogether. ... But is Pluto really a planet? That's what astronomers...
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